Artist Monograph

Jacob Epstein, British

British, born U.S.A. 1880–1959

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Sculpture	4	57.1%
Other Media	2	28.6%
Drawing	1	14.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Painting & Sculpture	4	57.1%
Drawings & Prints	3	42.9%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	7	100%

Range: 34.2 cm → 71.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1938	1
1949	1
1962	1
1965	1
1976	1
1977	1
1978	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 510" — 1

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 7 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Nan Seated Sculpture Acc. 4.1949	1911	Bronze	18 1/2 x 13 x 5 7/8" (47 x 33 x 14.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mrs. Frank Altschul in memory of her father, Philip J. Goodhart
Birth Drawing Acc. 500.1977	1913	Red crayon on paper	27 1/8 x 17 1/8" (68.9 x 43.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Deutsch
Mother and Child Sculpture Acc. 5.1938	1913	Marble	17 1/4 x 17 x 4" (43.8 x 43.1 x 10.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of A. Conger Goodyear
Study for The Rock Drill Drawing Acc. 485.1976	(c. 1913)	Pencil on paper	27 1/8 x 15 1/2" (69 x 39.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Constance B. Cartwright
Study for The Rock Drill Drawing Acc. 78.1978	(c. 1913)	Chalk on paper	27 x 17 1/4" (68.6 x 43.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
The Rock Drill Sculpture Acc. 155.1962	1913-14 (cast 1962)	Bronze	28 x 26" (71 x 66 cm) on wooden base ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
Paul Robeson Sculpture Acc. 288.1965	1928	Bronze	13 1/2 x 9 x 12 1/8" (34.2 x 22.9 x 30.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Fania Marinoff Van Vechten in memory of Carl Van Vechten